Revisioned: Tomb Raider
Animated anthology reimagining Lara Croft through varied creative visions.
Revisioned: Tomb Raider is an American animated web series created by Ricardo Sanchez and based on the Tomb Raider series. It was released on Turner Broadcasting's online video game service GameTap from July 10 to November 13, 2007. The series consists of various animation and comic book talents' renditions of Lara Croft, presented in the form of animated episodes. Minnie Driver voices Lara Croft in all episodes. The first three episodes present a linked story arc called "Keys to the Kingdom." Other episodes tell stories of single or multiple episodes that function as an anthology. The art style and storytelling vary in each episode depending on the writer and designer.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 5-7 minutes
- Company
- GameTap
- Creator
- Ricardo Sanchez
- Based on
- Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics
- Executive producers
- Christopher Peeler
- Producer
- Elliot Blake
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
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Did You Know?
- Peter Chung reversed Lara's usual relic-retrieval role in the first three episodes after researching the games.
- Gail Simone wrote "Pre-Teen Raider" to explore Lara's life before she became the Tomb Raider.
Development
The ReVisioned series, which reimagines popular video game universes with new character stories, began with Lara Croft. The concept was sparked by GameTap's "A Day in the Extra Life" project. Comic writers Warren Ellis, Brian Pulido, Peter Chung, Jim Lee, and Gail Simone each contributed episodes. Lee, a game fan, co-wrote the final episode, "A Complicated Woman."
Simone, drawn to Lara as a strong female lead similar to Wonder Woman, wrote "Pre-Teen Raider," exploring her life before becoming the Tomb Raider. Chung, new to the games, used the freedom to craft his own narrative; after researching, he noticed Lara usually retrieves a relic before a villain, so he flipped that dynamic in his first three episodes. Ellis compared Lara to adventurer Allan Quatermain. Pulido, who wrote "The Revenge of the Aztec Mummy" and "Lara Croft: Legacy," saw her as "a hot chick with guns" and drew inspiration from Tex Avery cartoons.
Though the writers had wide creative latitude, the developers provided basic character guidelines to keep Lara consistent. In December 2021, Simone tweeted that Warner Bros. had discussed adapting her episode into a series, but no project materialized by 2025.
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